If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will discuss how Coetzee explores a female perspective that is entirely absent from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, as well as how Susan resists Foe's attempts to objectify her through his retelling of her story.
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Students will examine how Friday represents a larger metaphor for the figurative and literal silencing of black voices by whites during South African apartheid.
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Students will discuss how Coetzee critiques the process of narrative construction and the power of the author.
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Students will explore the power of language (or the...
